Category: As Seen in the Defender

We can accomplish more together than we can alone. This sentiment is especially true at Clean Wisconsin and other advocacy organizations that tackle giant environmental issues from climate change and air pollution to water contamination.

Clean Wisconsin is working closely with multiple partners on the Melvina Park Project Development Team. Together, we’re collaborating on the reimagining and restoration of an existing City of Milwaukee park.

There is no question a long list of important federal environmental protections and programs will be targeted during the next presidential administration.

Bruce Steinhagen, a resident of Algoma, Wisconsin, is proud of his new solar panels. The system can produce about as much energy as Bruce needs to power his entire home—a recent electric bill was only $2.

Neonicotinoids, commonly referred to as neonics, are a class of neuro-active insecticides that have become pervasive in modern agriculture.

After 42 years in the Wisconsin legislature, Senator Robert Cowles (R – Green Bay) has decided not to seek reelection, and we will miss him.  Senator Cowles has been a driving force behind consumer and environmental protection his entire career.

When you hear the word ‘Wisconsinisms,’ you might think of local quirks like calling water fountains “bubblers,” eating cheese curds, or telling people to watch for deer.

Rural residents across Wisconsin and the greater United States are grappling with how to respond to solar projects that are increasingly being built around their communities. Some fear that solar projects will feel like an industrial wasteland that is incompatible with farmland and agrarian communities.

By Kayla Rinderknecht, Population Health Service Fellow & Dr. Paul Mathewson, Science Program Director   From the air we breathe to the water we drink, environmental factors directly influence our health. Yet, too often, the connection between a clean environment and public well-being is overlooked.

Close coal and start up solar and storage Wisconsin utilities We Energies and Alliant argue that retiring coal power plants must be replaced with methane gas generation, but a cleaner, more innovative path is possible.